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CN114225247B
CN114225247B CN202111480826.9A CN202111480826A CN114225247B CN 114225247 B CN114225247 B CN 114225247B CN 202111480826 A CN202111480826 A CN 202111480826A CN 114225247 B CN114225247 B CN 114225247B
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Abstract

A flexible frequency-variable ultrasonic therapeutic probe based on the thermoacoustic effect of carbon nanotube film comprises an ultrasonic sound-generating element, and a heat dissipation layer and an acoustic matching layer which are arranged on two sides of the ultrasonic sound-generating element, wherein the sound-generating element comprises a carbon nanotube film, a metal electrode and a lead, and the shape and the size of the sound-generating element can be adjusted according to the actual functional requirements. When the sounding element is connected with a signal, the carbon nano tube film generates corresponding temperature change, so that the surrounding medium expands and contracts and ultrasonic waves are excited. The invention has the advantages of no vibration element, simple structure and low production cost; can generate ultrasonic waves with wide frequency range, flat frequency response curve and high energy conversion efficiency; the probe has good flexibility, can be directly and closely attached to the surface of a patient, greatly improves the coupling efficiency of the probe and the patient, reduces the energy loss of ultrasonic waves, and improves the uniformity of sound intensity distribution of the treated part. Therefore, the present invention brings possibilities for realizing a miniaturized, convenient, high-conversion-efficiency, good flexibility and variable-frequency ultrasonic therapy probe.

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Flexible variable-frequency ultrasonic therapy probe based on carbon nanotube film thermoacoustic effect
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of ultrasonic treatment, and relates to a flexible variable-frequency ultrasonic treatment probe based on a carbon nano tube film thermoacoustic effect.
Background
Among the existing medical devices, the ultrasonic treatment device is an important treatment device due to the characteristics of small wound, environmental protection, convenience, low cost, relative safety and the like. However, most of the core technologies of the ultrasonic therapy equipment are monopolized abroad, the domestic equipment is difficult to realize independent innovation, and the imported ultrasonic therapy equipment is expensive in cost and difficult to be widely applied to daily life to meet the actual requirements of people. The ultrasonic treatment probe is a main part of ultrasonic medical equipment, and the frequency range, the energy consumption and the treatment precision of the ultrasonic treatment probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves directly relate to the treatment effect, so that the flexible, variable-frequency, low-energy-consumption and low-cost ultrasonic treatment probe is designed, and has important significance for the application of the current ultrasonic treatment equipment.
The sound generating element of the existing ultrasonic treatment probe is mainly made of piezoelectric materials (such as piezoelectric ceramics, piezoelectric crystals or piezoelectric polymers) and utilizes the piezoelectric effect to realize the conversion of electric energy and acoustic energy. When a signal passes through the piezoelectric material, charges are accumulated on the surface of the piezoelectric material to form a voltage, and the material is deformed under the action of an electric field to drive a surrounding medium to vibrate so as to make a sound. Conventional ultrasound therapy probes made of piezoelectric materials have mainly 4 drawbacks: (1) The frequency range of ultrasonic waves which can be emitted by the piezoelectric material is very small, so that variable frequency regulation cannot be realized. (2) The piezoelectric material can vibrate in the sounding process to cause a resonance effect, signals among elements can generate crosstalk, and further transmission errors or losses of audio signals are caused, and power loss is serious. (3) The traditional ultrasonic treatment probe consists of elements such as a spring, a piezoelectric material, a wedge, a clamp spring and the like, and has a complex structure and a complex production process, so that the volume and the manufacturing cost of devices are greatly increased. (4) The traditional ultrasonic treatment probe usually needs to totally or partially arrange a complex structure in the probe to support and protect a fragile element, the interface of the probe is mostly made of hard materials or materials (such as crystals or compounds of silicon oxide, boron nitride and the like) which can not change the shape of the interface of the probe, the interface of the probe is difficult to realize the tight fit with the complex surface of a patient, and further, the sound field distribution of a treated part is uneven, the ultrasonic energy loss is large, and local scald or prick pain is easily caused in the treatment process.
The carbon nano tube film has extremely low specific heat capacity and impedance in unit area, can quickly generate heat energy and release the heat energy to a surrounding medium when driven at low voltage to cause the medium to vibrate so as to generate ultrasonic waves, and the generated ultrasonic waves have the advantages of wide frequency range, flat frequency response curve, high sound pressure and the like. The carbon nanotube film has good flexibility and extensibility, and the shape and the size of the carbon nanotube film can be cut and manufactured according to actual requirements. Therefore, the carbon nano tube film has excellent thermoacoustic performance and mechanical property, ensures the feasibility of serving as a potential substitute of the traditional piezoelectric sound production material, and simultaneously brings possibility for realizing a flexible ultrasonic treatment probe which is miniaturized, convenient, high in conversion efficiency and good in flexible and variable frequency.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a carbon nanotube film ultrasonic treatment probe which can generate ultrasonic waves with a wider frequency range, realizes the function of variable frequency, and has the advantages of no vibration element, simple structure and low production cost; the probe has good flexibility and can be tightly attached to the complex surface of a patient, so that the coupling efficiency of the probe and the patient is improved, the energy loss of ultrasonic waves is reduced, and the uniformity of sound intensity distribution of the treated part is improved.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
a flexible frequency-variable ultrasonic therapeutic probe based on the carbon nanotube film thermoacoustic effect mainly comprises an ultrasonic sounding element, a heat dissipation layer and an acoustic matching layer, wherein the heat dissipation layer and the acoustic matching layer are positioned on two sides of the ultrasonic sounding element; the two ends of one carbon nanotube film are respectively connected with metal electrodes, each metal electrode is connected with one lead to form an ultrasonic sounding element, wherein the leads are connected with external equipment or a power supply, one lead is used as an information input end, and the other lead is used as a signal output end. The heat dissipation layer and the acoustic matching layer are arranged on two sides of the carbon nanotube film, wherein the heat dissipation layer is used for dissipating and uniformly distributing heat accumulated on the surface of the film, so that the contact surface is prevented from being scalded by high temperature accumulated on the surface of the film, the acoustic matching layer is attached to the surface of a patient, the acoustic impedance of the acoustic matching layer is arranged between the acoustic impedance of the ultrasonic sound generating element and the acoustic impedance of the patient, the acoustic matching layer is used for matching the ultrasonic sound generating element with the acoustic impedance of the patient, and the energy loss of the ultrasonic sound generating element for transmitting ultrasonic waves is reduced.
When the signal flows through the carbon nano tube film, the surface of the film rapidly generates corresponding temperature change, so that the surrounding environment medium expands and contracts and excites ultrasonic waves with wide frequency bands. The flexible carbon nanotube film ultrasonic treatment probe can generate ultrasonic waves with a wide frequency range, realizes the function of variable frequency, and can be further used for treating tissues of different depths of a patient.
Furthermore, the carbon nanotube film consists of carbon nanotubes which are arranged in the same direction, and the arrangement direction of the carbon nanotubes is parallel to the surface of the film; the metal electrodes are connected to two ends of the carbon nanotube film in the arrangement direction, and the carbon nanotube film is in a tensioned state after the metal electrodes are connected.
Furthermore, the carbon nanotube film can be made into a square shape, a circular shape or the like according to actual needs.
Furthermore, the metal electrode and the carbon nanotube film are connected and fixed by adopting a conductive adhesive.
Furthermore, the metal electrode can be made of conductive materials such as thin copper sheets or copper wires with low resistivity and good flexibility.
Furthermore, the connection between the lead and the metal electrode is realized by welding with a welding tool.
Furthermore, the heat dissipation layer is adhered to one side of the carbon nanotube film and can be made of a flexible heat dissipation material with good insulation, high temperature resistance and thermal conductivity, such as heat conduction silicone grease, a heat conduction adhesive tape, a graphite heat conduction film and the like.
Furthermore, the acoustic matching layer is adhered to the other side of the carbon nanotube film opposite to the heat dissipation layer, and can be made of an insulating high-temperature-resistant, difficult-to-damage and difficult-to-age flexible material, such as a rubber film, a plastic film, a polymer material film, and the like.
Furthermore, the electrical signal of the external device or the power supply is connected to the carbon nanotube film through the metal electrode by one wire, and then is output through the metal electrode by the other wire.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) Compared with the sounding material of the traditional ultrasonic treatment probe, the carbon nanotube film as the sounding material of the ultrasonic treatment probe can emit ultrasonic waves with a wider frequency range, and the function of variable frequency is realized.
(2) When the carbon nanotube film is used as a sound production element to produce sound, the carbon nanotube film does not vibrate per se, so that signal crosstalk and loss can not be caused.
(3) Because the sounding element in the ultrasonic therapy probe only comprises the carbon nano tube film, the probe has simple structure, simple manufacturing process and low production cost, and is beneficial to realizing the miniaturization and the convenience of the ultrasonic therapy probe.
(4) Different from the traditional hard probe, the elements of the probe are all made of flexible materials with certain strength, so the elements do not need to be packaged in a hard shell, and the acoustic matching layer of the probe can be directly and tightly attached to the surface of a patient, thereby greatly improving the coupling efficiency of the probe and the patient, reducing the energy loss of ultrasonic waves and improving the uniformity of the sound intensity distribution of the treated part.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a sounding element of a carbon nanotube film ultrasonic therapy probe.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a carbon nanotube film ultrasound therapy probe.
In the figure: 1 a carbon nanotube film; 2, a metal electrode A;3, a metal electrode B;4, a lead A;5, a lead B;6 a heat dissipation layer; 7 acoustic matching layer.
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The present invention is further illustrated by the following specific examples.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a sounding element of a carbon nanotube film ultrasonic therapy probe, fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a carbon nanotube film ultrasonic therapy probe, the sounding element includes a layer of carbon nanotube film 1, a metal electrode A2 and a metal electrode B3, a wire A4 and a wire B5, and the carbon nanotube film ultrasonic therapy probe includes a sounding element, and a heat dissipation layer 6 and an acoustic matching layer 7 located on two sides of the sounding element. The carbon nanotube film 1 is respectively connected with a metal electrode A2 and a metal electrode B3 at two ends along the arrangement direction of the carbon nanotubes; the lead A4 is connected with the metal electrode A2 by welding, and the lead B5 is connected with the metal electrode B3 by welding; the heat dissipation layer 6 and the acoustic matching layer 7 are respectively adhered to two sides of the carbon nanotube film 1, and the carbon nanotube film 1, the heat dissipation layer 6 and the acoustic matching layer 7 are all in a tensioned state; signals are connected into the sounding element through the lead A4 and the lead B5, and then the flexible carbon nano tube film ultrasonic treatment probe outputs broadband ultrasonic waves to realize the function of frequency conversion.
The carbon nanotube film 1 is composed of carbon nanotubes connected end to end, and can be cut into shapes such as square, round, circular and the like according to actual needs. The metal electrode A2 and the metal electrode B3 are both made of flexible solid metal conductors with low resistivity, are respectively connected with two ends of the carbon nanotube film 1 along the arrangement direction of the carbon nanotubes, and are fixedly connected by adopting a binder. The lead A4 and the lead B5 are made of metal materials and are respectively connected with the electrode 2 and the electrode 3 through welding, and signals are connected into the sound generating element through the leads. The heat dissipation layer 6 is made of a flexible heat dissipation material with insulation, high temperature resistance and good heat conductivity, and can be cut into the same shape and size as the carbon nanotube film 1. The acoustic matching layer 7 is made of a flexible material with matched acoustic impedance and certain strength, and can be cut into the same shape and size as the carbon nanotube film 1.
In the embodiment of the invention, the carbon nanotube film 1 of the sounding element is a square with the side length of 30 mm and the thickness of 0.025 mm; the metal electrode A2 and the metal electrode B3 are made of thin copper sheets; the lead A4 and the lead B5 are both copper leads; the heat dissipation layer 6 is a square copper foil graphene heat dissipation fin with the side length of 3 cm, the heat conductivity is 1500 watts per meter Kelvin, and the thickness is 0.1 mm; the acoustic matching layer 7 is a square Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film with a side length of 30 mm, an acoustic impedance of 1500 watts per meter kelvin, and a thickness of 0.025 mm. Uniformly coating epoxy conductive adhesive (SINWE 6529) at the joint of the electrode 2, the electrode 3 and the carbon nano tube film 1, aligning and bonding the metal electrode A2, the metal electrode B3 and the carbon nano tube film 1 together, compacting, and completely curing the adhesive after waiting for 24 hours to realize the fixed connection of the metal electrode and the film. The wire A4 and the wire B5 were soldered to the metal electrode A2 and the metal electrode B3, respectively, with an electric iron. The heat dissipation layer 6 is flatly covered on one side surface of the carbon nanotube film 1, and the aligned edges are adhered and fixed by ultraviolet curing glue (ergo 8500). The acoustic matching layer 7 is spread and covered on the other side surface of the carbon nanotube film 1 opposite to the heat dissipation layer 6, and the aligned edges are adhered and fixed with an ultraviolet curing adhesive (ergo 8500).
In this embodiment, the temperature rise test under the conventional condition was performed on the ultrasonic therapy probe according to GB/T36419-2018. The ambient temperature is 20 ℃, the input power is 1 watt, the acoustic frequency is 30000 Hz, and the test point is located 10 mm away from the central axis of the surface of the acoustic matching layer of the ultrasonic therapy probe. The surface temperature of the acoustic matching layer of the ultrasonic treatment probe is measured to be 40.2 ℃ at most after 5 minutes of electrification by an infrared thermal imaging instrument (FLUKE TIS55 +) and is lower than the highest temperature (43 ℃) which can be born by human skin, and the surface temperature of the acoustic matching layer of the ultrasonic treatment probe is 40 ℃ lower than the surface temperature of a single carbon nanotube film with the same size and property under the test condition, and meanwhile, the surface temperature distribution of the ultrasonic treatment probe is more uniform. Therefore, when the ultrasonic treatment probe inputs higher power, the highest surface temperature of the ultrasonic treatment probe is still lower than the highest temperature which can be born by the skin of a human body, so that the ultrasonic treatment probe can be ensured to be directly attached to a part to be treated, the surface temperature of the ultrasonic treatment probe is uniformly distributed, and local scalding is avoided.
In the embodiment, an acoustic measurement platform is built according to GB/T19890-2005, and the ultrasonic therapy probe is subjected to acoustic test. The ultrasonic treatment probe is placed in a water tank filled with degassed water, output sound pressure of the ultrasonic treatment probe in a planar state and a curved state with curvature radii of 10 mm, 15 mm and 20 mm is measured by using a hydrophone (B & K8103), the degassed water in the water tank is submerged by more than 30 cm of the hydrophone so as to reduce the influence of sound wave reflection of a liquid level on a measurement result, the input power is 1 watt, and a test point is located at a position 10 mm away from the central axis of the surface of an acoustic matching layer of the ultrasonic treatment probe. Within the frequency range of 0-60000 Hz, ultrasonic waves generated by the ultrasonic treatment probe in a planar state and a curved surface state with the curvature radius of 10 mm, 15 mm and 20 mm respectively have a wider frequency range, a flat frequency response curve and sound intensity meeting the range of treatment ultrasonic waves (the sound intensity is less than 3W per square centimeter), and the sound pressure levels output by the flat state and the curved surface state with different curvatures at all frequencies are different by +/-5 decibels. Therefore, the flexible ultrasonic treatment probe can be tightly attached to a complex surface, and can generate ultrasonic waves with a wider frequency range and larger sound pressure when being attached to surfaces with different curvatures.
The above-mentioned embodiments only represent the embodiments of the present invention, but they should not be understood as the limitation of the scope of the present invention, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can make several variations and modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and these all fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A flexible frequency-variable ultrasonic treatment probe based on the thermo-acoustic effect of a carbon nano tube film is characterized by comprising an ultrasonic sounding element, a heat dissipation layer and an acoustic matching layer, wherein the heat dissipation layer and the acoustic matching layer are positioned on two sides of the ultrasonic sounding element; the ultrasonic sounding element consists of a carbon nano tube film and conductive metal electrodes positioned at two ends of the carbon nano tube film, each metal electrode is connected with a lead, the leads are used for connecting external equipment or a power supply, one lead is used as an information input end, and the other lead is used as a signal output end; the heat dissipation layer and the acoustic matching layer are arranged on two sides of the carbon nano tube film, the acoustic matching layer is attached to the surface of the patient, and the acoustic impedance of the acoustic matching layer is set between the acoustic impedance of the ultrasonic sound generating element and the acoustic impedance of the patient; the signal is connected into the sound generating element and is output by the output end, when the signal flows through the carbon nano tube film, the surface of the film rapidly generates temperature change, so that the surrounding environment medium expands and contracts and excites broadband ultrasonic waves;
the carbon nanotube film consists of carbon nanotubes which are arranged in the same direction, and the arrangement direction of the carbon nanotubes is parallel to the surface of the film;
the metal electrodes are connected to two ends of the carbon nanotube film in the arrangement direction, and the carbon nanotube film is in a tensioned state after the metal electrodes are connected.
2. The flexible variable frequency ultrasound therapy probe based on the thermoacoustic effect of carbon nanotube films as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal electrodes and the carbon nanotube films are fixed and connected by conductive adhesive.
3. The flexible variable frequency ultrasound therapy probe based on the thermoacoustic effect of carbon nanotube film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat dissipation layer is adhered to one side of the carbon nanotube film and made of flexible heat dissipation material.
4. The flexible variable-frequency ultrasonic therapy probe based on the thermoacoustic effect of the carbon nanotube film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acoustic matching layer is adhered to the other side surface of the carbon nanotube film opposite to the heat dissipation layer and made of a flexible material.
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